260 secs in a Lotus Cup 260 - Targa Tasmania 2009 

Amazing Dean! I knew you would do this car proud, to drive the car that hard and bring it back in one piece, amazing stuff mate. See you soon.

Awesome driving Dean! What a brilliant video. I'm also a big supporter of Tarmac Magazine, keep up the good work.

Excellent Dean. Well driven. Absolutely thrashed our time on that stage (Car #715 Porsche).

Fantastic driving! A testament to your driving skill and the 260's handling.

@TarmacMag That is simply amazing power-slide control. Amazing, you can see that by the end of the stage you were a bit more quicker, when tyres were at least a bit warm. I have V70s on my supercharged elise, and they are brilliant!

Amazing car control. It reminded me of Glen Seton in the Nissan Skyline Turbo many years ago in the wet across the "top of the Mount". Well done Dean. Seemed like a huge amount of understeer.

That's a great insight to what you guys get up to and how dangerous it is. Great navigating too. Very calming. Would have loved to see video of the 944 trying to rockclimb!!!

Thanks for your reply, and I wish you all the best in your future races! We're all looking forward to seeing your podium finishes (and HOW-TOs! :) ) soon again!

Amazing how these things pop up your feed a decade after the event.... I had you =4th out of 270 & =1st of the 2WD - a mighty effort.

Well done mate, nice car control! Brett

Great video, thanks for sharing. Noticed your left leg was hitting/pressing the shifter, I've made some simple modifications to my Lotus shifter that raised it about 4-5 inches and moved it away from my leg (much eaiser/better feel) and as far as I know it doesn't violate and spec rules (so far). I can see a sequential box being a huge help in these types of racing events. - Rob

Nice work to both you and Simone.... the Kuhmo's are perfect for that stage

I dont want to nitpick, and you probably know this, but turning the wheel more during understeer only makes it worse, especially in wet conditions.

Awesome. Both the notes and the driving. Really well controlled. It got hairy a few times for sure.

talk about driving on the "edge", literally! Well done.

Awesome driving, the car looks like its a handful!

"Believe!" I love it!!

under steer, over steer, 4 wheel drift, all on one of the wildest stages on earth. A1 for effort and car control! you do know that if you fall off the edge you will land on another planet, its the edge of the earth!

Damn he's a good driver! To hold onto that mid engined lotus sideways is great to see! My boss was driving the Trolli Lotus Exige there :)

nice co .. driver talk .. controlled and concise .

are those post fences going to help if the car lost it? will them prevent the car from rolling into the valley? I race also, but I think hill climb is the most dangerous motorsport in the world.

Wow!!! I can't wait to get my Exige on to the track.

I liked this vid a lot, although never really thought about how narrow is the interiror of an elise or elise-derived car, you left leg is constantly pushing against the gearknob!

What a handful!!!

Well done mate! Was the stage wet and you had so much understeer? Excellent car control when "powersteering"! 8) You really made my day, since I 've ordered a Cup 260 to be delivered next month! :) Cheers, Theo

Awesome driver man. I wanna try that also.

that was pretty commited all the way through. lovely. makes me realise that if i entered id probably finish only ahead of the old farts in the vintage cars, and maybe that porsche you steam rolled.

WOW Nice driving. I was clenching my buttcheaks watching this!!!

What does 'right entry' mean? Also, holy crap that looks slippery!

He is 1 of the best driver in the world

@TarmacMag thanks for explaining that m8!

what was ur nav doing to prevent sliding over into the shifter? knee restrant or something?

listen to his breathing, he was working really hard.

who was in the 911? To wet for the big german?

nice fight vs your lotus!! nice handling

This Exige seems hard to control on these little roads, but nice driving skills though !

Does the driver *really* listen to the passenger? Does he really turn left when its clearly a right? Its like flintstones sat nav.

2:47... i would love to see the footage from the chopper! Great drive but you really should have cut the slicks!!!

RME cars may become tricky under some circumstances. You just have to show excellent driving skills to prevent some out-of-shape drama. Once off-balance, you'd better hit the middle pedal hard!... 8)

that man barely fit in the car...